Mayo pborb infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe borrelia burgdorferi (lyme) at Pen Bay Medical Center

6 Glen Cove Dr, Rockport, ME · MaineHealth · · NPI 1982645305

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 9, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$150.75

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$150.75

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$35.09 with Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare vs $141.71 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maines Choice $35.09 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $35.09 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage $35.09 ↓ -77%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $35.09 ↓ -77%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $35.44 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $35.79 ↓ -76%
Aetna MHACO Government $35.79 ↓ -76%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $36.14 ↓ -76%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced $41.34 ↓ -73%
Aetna HMO/PPO $47.89 ↓ -68%
Community Health Options Commercial $73.19 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial $118.94 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Commercial $140.38 ↓ -7%
Multiplan Commercial $141.71 ↓ -6%
Aetna MHACO Commercial not published by hospital —

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Mayo pborb infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe borrelia burgdorferi (lyme) at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $252.00 $35.09 – $236.88
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $87.95 $34.30 – $82.67
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $218.70 $35.09 – $205.58
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $35.65 $14.32 – $33.58
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $150.75 $18.92 – $141.71
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $35.09 – $71.45

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